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Written by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net on 2024-09-25 at 21:35

All Proton Drive apps are now open source

https://slrpnk.net/post/13678862

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Written by acockworkorange@mander.xyz on 2024-09-25 at 21:44

It took me going to their GitHub to find out, but it’s GPL 3.

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Written by sunzu2 on 2024-09-25 at 22:07

What does this mean practically

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Written by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml on 2024-09-25 at 22:10

It means it can’t ever become proprietary closed-source software (not without a major lawsuit).

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Written by Quail4789@lemmy.ml on 2024-09-26 at 00:31

I’d expect free software people to not have the funds to sue corporations. Are there any examples of these major lawsuits I can take a look at? I do remember a telecom company in France was fined quite a large sum but that was reported as a rare incident.

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Written by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml on 2024-09-26 at 00:57

Any GPL violations would be reported to the Software Freedom Conservacy, who would go to court on the dev’s behalf.

There was a major lawsuit back in 2022 between the SFC and Vizio, and the SFC won.

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